Ted Audio Collective This is Ted Health and I'm Dr. Shoshana Ungerlighter.

Some of the biggest mysteries out there are actually lurking in the smallest places, like

cellular small.

I'm talking about unexplored diseases that we carry in our genes, that we pass on through

generations and can have life or death

consequences. What can we learn from some deeper investigation? Well in her

TED 2023 talk Dr. Anna Grecca dives into our genes to unravel these cellular

enigmas. Think of it like CSI, but for biology.

If you doubt that solving one genetic puzzle can impact millions, Anna's insights may challenge your perspective.

Dive in as curiosity, tech, and determination collide. Hey, it's Adam Grant, host of the TED Podcast to Work Life.

This season, we worked with our sponsor UKG to share amazing stories from their workplace.

Stay tuned for a story from our archives about Brian, who's taking big strides to promote belonging.

I'm Adam Grant, and as an organizational psychologist, I believe in rethinking ideas we've taken for granted to learn how to live better. In my new

podcast, Rethinking, I ask today's greatest minds how they think and what

assumptions we should all reconsider. Listen to rethinking wherever you get your podcasts.

I'd like to begin by telling your story.

It's a short story about a special family.

In 1960, a Utah man by the name of Roscoe Nelson, a father of six, died suddenly of unknown cause.

He was 43 years old. As a surgeon himself, Dr Nelson knew

that his progressive kidney failure would ultimately take his life, but he was in the dark as to the cause and he had no

access to treatment.

Within two decades, tragedy struck again when four of Roscoe's six children also developed kidney failure.

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